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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn

@michellelkahn.bsky.social
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Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats

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Chris Molnar @chrisamolnar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Look what arrived in my mailbox yesterday! What a great collection put together by @michellelkahn.bsky.social and @laurenstokes.bsky.social.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Team #SkyStorians, Stellar news: "Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany" is now shipping! Head to the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page to confirm the pre-order that you definitely made and then send some more to your history-loving friends. I'll wait. cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Oleksa Drachewych @odrachewych.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My latest in the Conversation discussing Ukraine's drone strikes into Russia and how we should temper immediate expectations about their impact on Putin or Russia's aggression against Ukraine. theconversation.com/ukraines-dro...
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Ukraine’s drone strikes are having an impact on Russia — but Russian leaders remain committed to war
Despite successful Ukrainian drone strikes, it’s unlikely either Vladimir Putin’s regime or the Russia-Ukraine war will end any time soon.
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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📣 CEH's third digest is out now, featuring journal news, blog updates, prizewinners, and more! And our editors have again chosen an article from the last six months on which they've enjoyed working - read on to see their selections! [1/7] www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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Contemporary European History digest, no. 3, January to June 2026 « News# « Cambridge Core Blog
In our third digest, we present our new managing editor; we highlight two recently published prize-winning articles on nude activists in communist Poland and the politics of transnational banking in t...
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Patrice G. Poutrus🔻aka Icke @poutrusicke.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Wie ich kürzlich in der "WELT" lesen musste, sind nicht die gewaltigen Rassist:innen in Belfast Schuld an den pogromartigen Ausschreitungen, sondern so Leute wie Icke, mit ihrem Anti-Rassismus. Danke Lauren Stokes und @michellelkahn.bsky.social, dass ich zu diesem wichtigen Buch betragen durfte.
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Christopher Ewing @christopherewing.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Had a great time writing on the Black feminist politics of violence in the 90s for this collection and its marvelous editors. Can’t wait to see it out!
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Chris Molnar @chrisamolnar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Really excited to be part of this book by @michellelkahn.bsky.social and @laurenstokes.bsky.social. So many great contributors! I wrote a chapter on Volkstod (great replacement fears in Germany). Pre-order @cornellupress.bsky.social website with 30% off code: 09BCARD.
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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Excited to share the cover of "Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany," a forthcoming book I co-edited with Lauren Stokes. A history of racism and antiracist activism in East, West, and unified Germany—and why it matters today. 30% off from Cornell UP with code 09BCARD: tinyurl.com/RADGcornell
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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Very honored that my book is a finalist for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize! The book is available open access, and you can download the PDF at the link in the comments. 👇
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2024 Book Prize Finalist Michelle Lynn Kahn | Waterloo Centre for German Studies | University of Waterloo
2024 Book Prize finalist
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This really feels like an Orban/Erdogan situation in which the aspiring dictator is making sure his friendly oligarchs control as much media as possible www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/w...
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Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior
Netflix is ditching a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board deemed a revised bid by Paramount to be superior.
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ENDSTATION RECHTS. @endstationrechts.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Auch die Generation Deutschland scheint sich der IB anzunähern. "Denn die IB steht auf der Unvereinbarkeitsliste der AfD. Eigentlich darf nicht Parteimitglied werden, wer bei der IB war. In der GD scheint eine Vergangenheit in der IB eher eine Auszeichnung als eine Bürde zu sein.
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Neue AfD-Jugend: Nah an der rechtsextremen Vorgängerorganisation
Die neue Jugendorganisation der AfD knüpft an ihre rechtsextreme Vorgängerin an: inhaltlich, personell und mit Verbindungen zur "Identitären Bewegung". Sie wächst schnell und gewinnt an Einfluss in de...
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ill be clear about why I am so angry and critical about it: Im seeing a good portion of my students who have imbibed the notion that they dont have to read, think or write for themselves because ChatGPT/CoPilot will do their thinking for them, and its terrifying. It should scare all of us.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g. Film: 1873 Colfax massacre Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
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ChatGPT cuts in action
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 12/02/2026
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
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Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 06/02/2026
Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges Regional and community colleges professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions. bit.ly/4tlEtUq #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
The image shows a split view: on the left, a brick building with a clock tower labeled "Southwestern," and on the right, a photo of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.
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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Julià Gómez Reig's article from September 2025, 'The Regia Nave Italia: Race, Migration and Fascist Colonial Diplomacy in Latin America', was chosen by @michellelkahn.bsky.social as "a model of how to study transatlantic mobility". | @jgomezreig.bsky.social [6/7] tinyurl.com/58nyfwbz
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The Regia Nave Italia: Race, Migration and Fascist Colonial Diplomacy in Latin America, 1922–24 | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
The Regia Nave Italia: Race, Migration and Fascist Colonial Diplomacy in Latin America, 1922–24 - Volume 35
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This, along with the seizure of ballots and voting data, is another massive red flag for Americans: This is the kind of thing authoritarians say and do when they are preparing to rig the vote. They are preparing to steal your vote, and you have to take action now to stop them.
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Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires. Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Culture and Society of Weimar and Nazi Germany 2. Researching the Holocaust 3. The Culture of Fascism 4. Modern Russian History 5. Women and Politics in America
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29/01/2026
I felt obliged to write up an overview of all of the Fulton County fraud claims that have already been made — and dismissed. Let me know if I forgot any. www.pbump.net/o/some-thing...
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Some things you should know about Fulton County, Georgia
The county has already seen numerous claims about election fraud — all debunked. There's no reason to think that Kash Patel's FBI will find something new.
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Chron.com @chron.com · 29/01/2026
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
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Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🚨🚨"Our American Dream is dead": European governments have reached a difficult conclusion: The Americans are the baddies now. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
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‘Our American Dream is dead’: EU concedes Trump is not on its side
The crisis summit in Brussels goes ahead despite U.S. president’s about-face on Greenland tariff threats.
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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Excellent article on the Great Replacement Theory and the concept of “remigration” in American and European far-right and mainstream politics 👇
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.
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Pamela Swett @pswett.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A key point in this editorial, by Mount Allison president Ian Sutherland and student Lucas Orfanides, is that, along with possessing relevant (and essential) job skills, liberal arts grads are uniquely well positioned to deal with AI's ethical shortcomings. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: An AI future demands liberal arts agility
Graduates have the ethical and creative thinking skills that the AI-driven jobs of tomorrow will demand
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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Wenn du jeden redaktionellen Stolz verloren hast und einfach nur noch kindisch trollen willst...
Titel des Cicero mit Arendt: Titel, Die Querdenkerin
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Pasuth Thothaveesansuk @pasuth.info · 18/12/2025
This is absolutely catastrophic for research in the humanities and social sciences. Not only are these centers crucial sources of the limited research funding we have as grad students, but they have been interdisciplinary intellectual homes for so many of us at UNC. dailytarheel.com/article/a4ee...
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UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
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Thorsten Hindrichs @thhindrichs.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Today, the German ban on the #Hammerskins, which was enacted in 2023, is being negotiated in court in Germany. @exifrecherche.bsky.social was at the #Hammerfest in #Milan in November 2025 and shows that German Hammerskins are completely unimpressed by the ban. Incredibly impressive research!
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Nina Paulovicova @ninjak.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Today is the official publication day of our Shattered Liberation co-edited volume. It is open access and already available for free download in your libraries. This book wouldn't be possible without the expertise and perseverance of our brilliant contributors. www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712195/
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Shattered Liberation
Shattered Liberation: Sexualized Violence Against Holocaust Survivors, 1943–1946 challenges the notion of joyous liberation of Holocaust survivors by the R...
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🚨 JOB JOB JOB!!! 🚨 Late-breaking job! Indigenous history at University of Colorado Boulder. Assistant or eatly associate. Been trying to get this line for forever. It’s finally happening 🙏 Great place to live and work. Fabulous colleagues (ask me how I know!) networks.h-net.org/jobs/69637/u...
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University of Colorado - Boulder - Assistant or Associate Professor of History | H-Net
The Department of History at the University of Colorado Boulder seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor or early Associate Professor specializing in Native American history with a focus on the North American West, broadly defined. The successful applicant will have access to funds associated with the Walter and Lucienne Driskill Professorship in Western American History. Specialization is open, but the department particularly encourages applications from scholars whose research focuses on the early American West (pre-1920s) and engages with legal history, the history of women and gender, environmental history, and/or the history of medicine and public health.  Scholars with demonstrated commitments to engaging Native American communities and/or supporting Native and Indigenous students are especially encouraged to apply, as are those who bring relevant lived and individual experiences and achievements to this position.
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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
After NYS Young Republicans club was disbanded for praising Hitler, the NYC Young Republican club chapter is rolling out the red carpet for leaders of Germany’s Nazi-cosplaying AfD party. I condemn it in the strongest of terms, as should my New York GOP colleagues. The AfD is not welcome in NY-10.
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Young Republicans chapter plans to host far-right German leader after ‘I love Hitler’ chat
The New York Young Republican Club will host Markus Frohnmaier, an AfD deputy chair, at its annual gala after calling for a ‘new civic order’ in Germany.
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Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This week we released ISD’s Digital Policy Lab (DPL) brief, Fostering Healthy Masculinities: Building Resilience Against Online Misogyny. It draws on expert workshops held in September, exploring how online content shapes misogynistic beliefs & identifies ways to strengthen men’s & boys’ resilience.
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Fostering Healthy Masculinities: Building Resilience Against Online Misogyny
This new brief examines what fuels online misogyny and evaluates current interventions, drawing on insights from a 2025 Digital Policy Lab working group.
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Jen Evans @jennifervevans.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
An extraordinary dataset housed at Sciences Po, on what purports to be the largest far right network in history, the RSS. Which includes a participatory framework for citizens to add to the data repository. rssproject.caravanmagazine.in
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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
My new open access article is out now! It continues my research into the Polish People's Republics' engagements with Francophone West Africa during the Cold War. Enjoy! resgestae.uken.krakow.pl/issue/view/802
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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Here’s your daily reminder to BACK UP YOUR IMPORTANT FILES.
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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“Students learn how to spot deception across subjects: in maths, they see how statistics can be manipulated; in art, they explore how images can convey misleading messages; in history, they study famous propaganda campaigns; & in Finnish, they examine [how] words can be used to confuse or mislead.”
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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I want to scream www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
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Nimisha Barton @nimishabarton.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
New York Times, always asking the tough questions no one else is brave enough to ask
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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Interested in online far-right extremism and AI? Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇 “Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.” theconversation.com/far-right-ex...
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Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists were early adopters of bulletin board systems, pioneering online recruiting and radicalization techniques long before the social media revolution.
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Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Suspected members of neo-Nazi terror group arrested in Spain. Three people are accused of belonging to the Base, an ‘accelerationist’ white power organisation founded in the US
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Suspected members of neo-Nazi terror group arrested in Spain
Three people are accused of belonging to the Base, an ‘accelerationist’ white power organisation founded in the US
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Fascist ideology never overtakes more than 30% of a population, but no matter how pervasive it gets it cannot work without the willing participation of the centrists and liberals who put its cruel policies into malicious everyday action.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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recherche-nord @recherche-nord.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Die neue AfD-Jugendorg "Generation Deutschland" ist eng mit völkisch-nalistischen Netzwerken verbunden und dient der systematischen Radikalisierung und langfristigen Durchsetzung einer völkisch-neofaschistischen Agenda innerhalb der AfD. Bilderstrecke: www.recherche-nord.com/gallery/2025...
Eine einzelne Person in Anzugweste gekleidet steht hinter einem blau erleuchteten AfD-Fanshop
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The Introduction, “What is the Future We Yearn For?,” to my book, *The Future That Was*, is now live and freely available to all on the book’s @princetonupress.bsky.social website press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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The Future That Was
How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present
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Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF) @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Am ZZF sind derzeit drei Fellowships ausgeschrieben: 📍 Leibniz Summer Fellowships in the field of »German and/or European (including Eastern European) History in the Twentieth Century« 🗓️ Bewerbungsfrist: 30.11.2025 Alle Infos zur Stelle: buff.ly/Y4C9x6Q
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Dr. Ismail Küpeli @ismail-kuepeli.de · 16/04/2025
Ende Mai erscheint mein neues Buch. Ende Mai starten auch die dazugehörigen Veranstaltungen Wer das Buch rezensieren möchte, Mail an: presse@unrast-verlag.de Wer eine Veranstaltung organisieren möchte,kann mich direkt anschreiben: Ismail.Kuepeli@ruhr-uni-bochum.de unrast-verlag.de/produkt/grau...
Buchcover: Graue Wölfe
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
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Naomi Pullin @naomipullin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus. Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G... #history #envhistory #earlymodern
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Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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